American Depositary Shares

E633900

depositary receipt financial instrument security

American Depositary Shares are U.S.-traded equity securities that represent shares of a foreign company, allowing American investors to buy and sell interests in overseas firms on U.S. stock exchanges.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
American Depositary Share	0
American Depositary Receipts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	depositary receipt ⓘ financial instrument ⓘ security ⓘ
allows	U.S. investors to invest in foreign companies ⓘ trading of foreign equities in U.S. markets ⓘ
facilitates	cross-border investment ⓘ diversification into foreign markets ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ADS NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCorporateActionAgent	depositary bank ⓘ
hasCorporateForm	registered security ⓘ
hasFullName	American Depositary Share ⓘ
hasMarketRisk	equity price risk of underlying shares ⓘ foreign exchange risk via underlying currency ⓘ
hasUnderlyingSecurityType	common stock ⓘ preferred stock ⓘ
isBackedBy	underlying foreign shares ⓘ
isClearedThrough	U.S. clearing systems ⓘ
isDenominatedIn	U.S. dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDifferentFrom	American Depositary Receipt NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDocumentedBy	American Depositary Receipt NERFINISHED ⓘ
isGovernedBy	U.S. securities laws ⓘ
isHeldBy	U.S. investors ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ retail investors ⓘ
isIssuedBy	U.S. depositary bank ⓘ
isListedAs	ADR program level II ⓘ ADR program level III ⓘ
isPartOf	global depositary receipt market ⓘ
isRecordedIn	book-entry form ⓘ
isRelatedTo	Global Depositary Receipt ⓘ Global Depositary Share ⓘ
isSettledIn	U.S. dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSubjectTo	SEC regulation ⓘ corporate actions mirroring underlying shares ⓘ
isTradedIn	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
isTradedOn	Nasdaq NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Stock Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. stock exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUsedBy	foreign issuers seeking access to U.S. capital markets ⓘ
mayConfer	voting rights via depositary bank ⓘ
mayHaveRatioToUnderlyingShares	1 ADS equals multiple underlying shares ⓘ multiple ADSs equal one underlying share ⓘ
paysDividendsIn	U.S. dollar ⓘ
reduces	foreign custody complexity for U.S. investors ⓘ need for investors to trade on foreign exchanges ⓘ
representsOwnershipIn	foreign company ⓘ non-U.S. issuer ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WIT (NYSE) → tradedAs → American Depositary Shares ⓘ

OTC Markets Group → offersPlatformFor → American Depositary Shares ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Depositary Receipts